Lorraine (given name)

Lorraine is a feminine given name, which is simply from the name of the region of Lorraine in France. It has been used in the English-speaking world (especially the United States and Canada) since the Franco-Prussian War, during which events brought the region to the North American public's attention. It is a Danish, English, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish modern form of the Germanic Chlothar (which is a blended form of Hlūdaz and Harjaz).

People

 * Lorraine Bracco (born 1954), American actress
 * Lorraine Broderick (born 1948), American television soap opera writer
 * Lorraine Chase (born 1951), English actress and model
 * Lorraine Cheshire (born 1958), English actress
 * Lorraine Cole (born 1967), English badminton player and Coach
 * Lorraine Collett (1892–1983), American model
 * Lorraine Dunn (1942–2003), Panamanian sprinter and hurdler
 * Lorraine Ellison (1931–1983), American soul singer
 * Lorraine Fenton (born 1973), Jamaican athlete
 * Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965), American playwright
 * Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (1954–2006), American mezzo-soprano
 * Lorraine Kelly (born 1959), Scottish broadcaster
 * Lorraine Landon (born 1947), Australian basketball administrator and former player and coach
 * Lorraine Malach (1933–2003), Canadian artist
 * Lorraine McIntosh (born 1964), female vocalist, with the Scottish pop band, Deacon Blue
 * Lorraine McNamara (born 1999), American ice dancer
 * Lorraine Segato (born 1956), Canadian pop singer-songwriter
 * Lorraine Nicholson (born 1990), American actress
 * Lorraine Pascale (born 1972), British model and TV chef
 * Lorraine Pearson (born 1967), English vocalist, formerly with the band Five Star
 * Lorraine Thorpe (born 1994), British convicted murderer
 * Lorraine Warren (1927–2019), American paranormal investigator

Fictional characters

 * Lorraine Baines McFly, the mother of Marty McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy
 * Lorraine Wicks, in the British soap opera EastEnders